#BDBEAE#BDBEAE

#BDBEAE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.022 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEAE
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(64, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(64, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -3.20, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 8.58, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0075 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.022 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0387, 50.7019, 47.3446)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEAE #AFAEBE

analogous

#BEB7AE #BDBEAE #B5BEAE

triadic

#BDBEAE #AEBDBE #BEAEBD

tetradic

#BDBEAE #AEBEB7 #AFAEBE #BEAEB5

square

#BDBEAE #AEBEB7 #AFAEBE #BEAEB5

split-complementary

#BDBEAE #AEB5BE #B7AEBE

monochromatic

#84866C #A1A38C #BDBEAE #D9D9D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BDBEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEAE

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEAE	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.022 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c6',
    500: '#bdbeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeae;
$custom-light: #d0d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79624,
    "c": 0.02209,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEAE

secondary

#807F91

accent

#509555

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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